High School

SALEM –– Grayson County pitcher Maggie Kirk missed tossing a perfect game against Glenvar by just one batter. Unfortunately for Kirk and the Blue Devils, the only Highlander to reach base touched ‘em all.

Cayla Alexander smacked a home run with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning as Glenvar edged Grayson County 1-0 in a nondistrict game Thursday.

INDEPENDENCE –– Despite a 30-minute rain delay and a heavy could cover that blotted out much of the available light, Grayson County and Glenvar got their game in. As it turned out, they got too much of it in.

Grayson County rallied from a 5-0 hole and into the lead but the Highlanders regained the lead and pulled away, taking a six-inning 13-6 nondistrict win Thursday.

HILLSVILLE –– Sydney Nester threw a no-hitter Wednesday. Emily Cook made sure it only needed to be of the seven-inning variety.

Cook deposited a two-strike, two-out change-up just over the right-centerfield fence in the bottom of the first for the game’s only run and Nester stymied Cave Spring the rest of the way as Carroll County edged the Knights 1-0 in a River Ridge District softball showdown.

PEARISBURG –– Grayson County scored its first eight runs on just two hits and picked up its first baseball win of the season, outscoring the Spartans 15-11 in a nondistrict game Wednesday.

Grayson County (1-2) took advantage of four walks and four hit batsmen in the first two innings and got two-run singles by Chris Meredith and Will Bane in a big six-run second as the Blue Devils took an 8-1 lead.

HILLSVILLE –– Fourteen batters went to the plate in the first inning for Carroll County against Giles last Thursday and the Cavaliers went on to pound the Spartans 13-4 in a nondistrict baseball game played at Bill Worrell Field.

Carroll County delivered the early knockout punch by scoring eight first-inning runs and cruised to its second victory of the season.

HILLSVILLE –– His team having seen live pitching only four times or so this spring, Carroll County softball coach Rick Nester entered Tuesday’s season opener with some concerns about his team being able to make contact against a live arm. For a while, his concerns turned to whether any of his kids’ line drives would find something other than a Floyd County glove.

HILLSVILLE –– There has been talk for years of installing lights at Bill Worrell Field. Should a fundraising drive ever get underway for the project, the Galax baseball program may be one of its first contributors.

HILLSVILLE –– There are more ways than one to skin a cat. Fortunately for Carroll County, there were more ways than one to slay a Wolverine.

Having outshot opponent after opponent this year, the Cavaliers fell uncharacteristically cold from the floor but overcame it by sinking 32 free throws and using a late 12-2 run to survive Woodgrove 69-61 Monday in the Region 4A West girls’ quarterfinals.